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July 14 – Day 13 of the Old Legs Skeleton Coast Tour From Katima Mulilo to Namushasha Camp on the eastern boundary of the Bwabata National Park. Distance – 136 kmTime – 8 hrs 4 minAv Heart Rate – 129 bpmMax Heart Rate – 180 bpm We rode through the Caprivi Strip today. The road…

July 11 – Day 9 of the Old Legs Skeleton Coast Tour From Vic Falls to Kazangula Distance – 78 kmTime – 5 hrs 40 minAscent – 112 mAv Heart Rate – 127 bpmMax Heart Rate – 198 bpm This blog is coming from a small village called Mwandi in Western Zambia on the banks…

July 7, 2022 – Day 6 of the Old Legs Skeleton Coast Tour Pedalling hard from Milibizi to Sidinda Fishing Camp, Deka to bring awareness of the plight of old age people in Zimbabwe. Distance – 99 kmTime – 8 hrs 10 minAscent – 963 mAv Heart Rate – 118 bpmMax Heart Rate – 169…

July 4 2022 – Day 3 of the Old Legs Skeleton Coast Tour Riding from Harare to Namibia to raise money and awareness for the pensioners of Zimbabwe. This blog is coming to you from Ben’s View which is south east of Mutusadona and west of Chizarira a.k.a. the middle of nowhere. You won’t find…

July 2 2022 – Day 1 of the Old Legs Skeleton Coast Tour Riding from Harare to Namibia to raise money and awareness for the pensioners of Zimbabwe. Distance 156 kilometersTime 9 hrs 14 minAv heart 126 bpmMax heart rate 172 bpm Today was the start of one of the world’s most epic multistage cycle…

Welcome to day zero minus just two. It is bloody freezing as I type this at 04.30 and there are just two more sleeps until we start pedalling in the general direction of Namibia, unless of course Adam gets us lost, and we peddle off in the general direction of somewhere else instead, like Mozambique,…

Before I go any further, a disclaimer. The views in this blog are mine alone, and are not shared by the Old Legs Skeleton Coast 2022 Tour, their sponsors or the charities they support, or Cyril Ramaphosa. Skeleton Coast 2022 As I type this at 04.00 in the morning it is bloody cold as we…

Tucker Green is an eight year old who lives in Queensland. One set of grandparents is of Zimbabwean origin and his extra, honorary grandfather, “Grandpa Gordy”, also Zimbabwean, is a good friend of Eric De Jong. The family has been following Eric’s amazing Old Legs Tour cycle rides and, soon, kayaking exploits, to raise awareness…

In 2 weeks myself and a group of equally mad old legs will be off cycling the Skeleton Coast Tour over 3000kms to raise important funds for Zimbabwe’s struggling pensioners, it will be tough going (more on that further down the post!) But it is for a cause close to my heart. Please read the…

Another ZANE carers pensioners report from two of the ZANE carers as they carry out their daily visits to pensioners: I delivered to several people at one of the care homes: Patrick Patrick is looking more and more fragmented which is highlighted by the state of his flat. It is cluttered and in complete disarray…